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Handstamp APO 927
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Handstamp APO 927

1923

metal; wood
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

Metal wood; 'U.S. ARMY POSTAL SERVICE/ A.P.O.927; MAR. 8; 1923; AFG'; The hammer-style handstamp device has an attached postmarking and cancelling stamp that was used by the American Forces Germany during the period of occupation following World War I.

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